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Ubuntu: Who Needs Vista?

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Apr 10, 2007

“Back in my university days, when Netscape was the latest web
browser on the scene and the Pentium MMX was the power user’s
processor of choice, UNIX was part of my everyday life. Since
graduating, my chosen desktop operating system has been Windows of
some variety. This is partly because it was the most readily
available consumer desktop operating system and also because it
served me well for the most part.

“As with most other Windows users I know, I’ve experienced my
share of frustrations, lost data and the expense of buying software
licences…”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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